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How should we remember Jan. 6 now? | Opinion

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Julian Zelizer : As Trump prepares for a second term, how should we remember Jan. 6 now? It was a canary. We just misconstrued the coal mine. It was the high watermark for the stubborn fiction that our institutions are truly democratic at all, he says.

Trump ’s reelection in 2024 raises the ominous specter of authoritarianism in the U.S ..

Far from a moment of national unity, the attacks on that day ushered in a patriotic fervor that stifled religious and political pluralism.

When Trump takes power later this month , this already extant and well-established system of state repression will be subjected to his authoritarian whims.

Immigrants, people of color, women, and leftists have long borne the brunt of this country's persistent repressive streak.